diff --git a/src/CompressionPolicy.cs b/src/CompressionPolicy.cs
index 68d864a..451a539 100644
--- a/src/CompressionPolicy.cs
+++ b/src/CompressionPolicy.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
  */
 
 using System.IO;
-using System.IO.Compression;
+using ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.Zip.Compression.Streams;
+
 
 namespace Apache.NMS.ActiveMQ
 {
@@ -24,12 +25,12 @@
     {
         public Stream CreateCompressionStream(Stream data)
         {
-            return new GZipStream(data, CompressionMode.Compress);
+            return new DeflaterOutputStream(data);
         }
 
         public Stream CreateDecompressionStream(Stream data)
         {
-            return new GZipStream(data, CompressionMode.Decompress);
+            return new InflaterInputStream(data);
         }
 
         public object Clone()
diff --git a/src/nms-openwire.csproj b/src/nms-openwire.csproj
index 05b9524..4062420 100644
--- a/src/nms-openwire.csproj
+++ b/src/nms-openwire.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ﻿<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFrameworks>net40;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net45;netstandard2.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <RootNamespace>Apache.NMS.ActiveMQ</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>Apache.NMS.ActiveMQ</AssemblyName>
     <Version>1.8.0</Version>
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Apache.NMS" Version="1.8.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="SharpZipLib" Version="1.3.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'">